Hounddog wrote:
It is an interesting project. Years ago before there were good small 12 to 13 foot V hulls. Most racers did exactly what you are doing with this project. They took a larger hull and cut it down. They would cut and fit the original deck to the cut down hull. One of the best hulls to use was a Critchfield, not the Danny Critchfield race hull, but the 17 foot family boat. When cut down it became a 15 footer and most racers ran it in FI class which was for 89 cubic inch motors.
If you decide to run and race that boat with your 3 cylinder Mercury. You would be allowed to run in the T750 class. The boat should be a 50 to 55 mph outfit and very competitive.
Finding a used Delta or a used VooDoo and rebuilting it can be far more costly than going this root. Many of these hulls are FREE and motors are not costly. The trick is to know your hull designs and choose a good one.
Remember on a T750 hull a little wider pad is better.
thats the idea,.
my plan was to build it exactly 13'11" so i could use it in t 750 or t 850.. we'll see what it weighs once its done, i hope it floats
once i get the inside finnished im going to flip it and fix the bottom, i think the pad is 7" right now.
